Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914 - 1919

Naylor, Joseph, Private, 5000, 1st/7th Bn, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Enlisted Warwick
Resided Ashbourne, Derby
Killed in action France & Flanders 25th July 1916

Commonwealth War Graves Commission (www.cwgc.org)

Aged 27
Son of Mary Naylor, of Moor End, Bradley, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, and the late Samuel Naylor
Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 9A, 9B and 10B

Ashbourne News, 25th August 1916

He was the sixth son, and he enlisted in March 1916. He was employed as a gardener, first at Osmaston Manor, before joining the staff of Lord Rosebery, afterwards working for Lord Derby at Knowsley, and later working for Lord Willoughby de Broke at Compton Verney, Warwick. Was a member of the Voluntary Aid Detachment of the Red Cross Society.